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Why I'm an Ardennes admirer 

With charming countryside, fine dining and plenty for the family to do, Belgium has increasing appeal for Clive Aslet

WE HAVE got...

Lazy days, Kentish-style 

WEEKEND AWAY THE ROYAL HARBOUR HOTEL, RAMSGATE

THERE is probably nowhere more agreeable to spend a lazy hour in the south of...

La dolce Riviera 

HERE'S a good pub quiz question: where do jeans come from? Answer: Genoa, called Genes in French. The blue cloth was worn by dockers and...

Bespoke Florence 

FROM the terrace of Villa San Michele in Fiesole, Florence spreads out beneath you like a map. With a glass of pros-ecco in hand, you can...

One holey war we really have to win 

ONCE, the streets of London were paved with gold. Now they are remarkable for something else: potholes. In 2003, Ken Livingstone announced a...

Time out with Swiss high rollers 

LONDON'S billionaire nondoms are said to be taking wing, frightened away by the prospect of taxes. Geneva is supposed to be their new roost...

The empire strikes back 

THERE were only two imperial capitals worth their salt in 1900 Vienna and London.

Both cities have balls, albeit of a different...

A family-friendly Greek odyssey 

ATHENS, in July, is generally pretty hot, but this year temperatures hovered in the mid-40 degrees centigrade that's around 110 in old...

The true taste of Turin 

YOU don't see the Shroud," trilled my art historical friend, on hearing I was going to Turin. "The Baroque case that surrounds it is what's...

house that coal built, The 

BLACK DIAMONDS by Catherine Bailey Penguin/Viking, £20, pp. 518, ISBN 9780670915422 . £16 (plus £2.45...